Gene-centric meta-analyses for central adiposity traits in up to 57 412 individuals of european descent confirm known loci and reveal several novel associations

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2498-2510

  Yoneyama, Sachiko ^a   Guo, Yiran ^c,d   Lanktree, Matthew B ^e   Barnes, Michael R ^g,h   Elbers, Clara C ⁱ   Karczewski, Konrad J ^j   Padmanabhan, Sandosh ^k   Bauer, Florianne ⁱ   Baumert, Jens ^l   Beitelshees, Amber ^m   Berenson, Gerald S ⁿ   Boer, Jolanda M A ^o   Burke, Gregory ^p   Cade, Brian ^q,r   Chen, Wei ⁿ   Cooper Dehoff, Rhonda M ^s   Gaunt, Tom R ^t   Gieger, Christian ^l   Gong, Yan ^s   Gorski, Mathias ^u,v   Heard Costa, Nancy ^w   Johnson, Toby ^g   Lamonte, Michael J ^x   Mcdonough, Caitrin ^s   Monda, Keri L ^a,y   Onland Moret, N Charlotte ⁱ   Nelson, Christopher P ^z,aa   O'Connell, Jeffrey R ^m   Ordovas, Jose ^ab   Peter, Inga ^ac   Peters, Annette ^l   Shaffer, Jonathan ^ad   Shen, Haiqinq ^m   Smith, Erin ^ae   Speilotes, Liz ^af,ag,ah   Thomas, Fridtjof ^ai   Thorand, Barbara ^l   Verschuren, W M Monique ^o   Anand, Sonia S ^e,f   Dominiczak, Anna ^k   Davidson, Karina W ^ad   Hegele, Robert A ^aj   Heid, Iris ^l,u   Hofker, Marten H ^ak   Huggins, Gordon S ^al   Illig, Thomas ^l,am   Johnson, Julie A ^s   Kirkland, Susan ^an   König, Wolfgang ^ao   Langaee, Taimour Y ^s   Mccaffery, Jeanne ^ap,aq   Melander, Olle ^ar   Mitchell, Braxton D ^m   Munroe, Patricia ^g   Murray, Sarah S ^as   Papanicolaou, George ^at   Redline, Susan ^q,r   Reilly, Muredach ^au   Samani, Nilesh J ^z,aa   Schork, Nicholas J ^as,av   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ⁱ   Shimbo, Daichi ^ad   Shuldiner, Alan R ^m,aw   Tobin, Martin D ^z   Wijmenga, Cisca ^ak   Yusuf, Salim ^e,f   Hakonarson, Hakon ^c   Lange, Leslie A ^b   Demerath, Ellen W ^ax   Fox, Caroline S ^w   North, Kari E ^a,ay   Reiner, Alex P ^az   Keating, Brendan ^c   Taylor, Kira C ^ba   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^l INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^p WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^r BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^w BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^y AMGEN INC   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^aa GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ab TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ad NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^ae RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^af MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^ah BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^aj ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^ak UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^al TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^am HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^an DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^ao UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^ap MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^aq BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ar LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^as SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^at NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^au HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^av SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^aw BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^ay Carolina Center for Genome Sciences   (United States)

^az UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 3; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRON; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897479338     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt626     Document Type: Article

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